“True comprehension goes beyond literal understanding and involves the reader’s interaction with text. If students are to become thoughtful, insightful readers, they must extend their thinking beyond a superficial understanding of the text.”
~Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis, Strategies That Work
Reading-Thinking Strategies
Enduring Understanding: Reading is Thinking
Thinking (Comprehension) Strategies
“True comprehension goes beyond literal understanding and involves the reader’s interaction with text. If students are to become thoughtful, insightful readers, they must extend their thinking beyond a superficial understanding of the text.”
~Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis, Strategies That Work
The thinking strategies of proficient readers:
Online resources with information on the thinking strategies we use while reading:
http://www.ohiorc.org/adlit/strategy/http://www.readinglady.com/mosaic/tools/tools.htm
Activating Background Knowledge and Making Connections
Questioning
Inferring
Visualizing
Monitoring for Understanding
Determining Importance and Evaluating Text
Synthesizing and Summarizing